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Production of ‘green’ wood products first quarter of 2024 and this contributed to the rise in total
The Nanxun wood industry has stable industrial supply chain particleboard imports.
and great brand influence and is one of the 100 characteristic In addition, China’s particleboard imports from Malaysia,
industries for quality improvement in Zhejiang Province. Poland and Vietnam surged more than 100 percent, 700

At present, there are 68 green product certification percent and 200 percent respectively in the first quarter of
enterprises and 99 certified products in the province. 2024 resulting in the increase in total of particleboard imports.
There are 61 enterprises certified as "Made in Zhejiang" In contrast, China’s particleboard imports from Romania,
and 77 certified products. There are two national green alone among the top suppliers, fell 49 percent to 10,000
factories, two provincial and municipal government quality tonnes in the first quarter of 2024.
awards and enterprises have participated in the preparation
and revision of five international standards and more than Surge in fibreboard exports to Saudi Arabia
160 national and industry standards. According to China Customs, fibreboard exports to Saudi
Nanxun District Market Supervision Bureau regards quality Arabia surged 159 percent to 93,000 tonnes in the first

improvement and green development of the wood industry as quarter of 2024.
key to success of the industry and has successively issued In the first quarter of 2024 China’s fibreboard exports
policy documents to promote the high-quality development totalled 608,000 tonnes valued at US$312 million, up 33
of the wood industry. percent in volume and 24 percent in value from the same
For example, it approved the national home decoration period of 2023.
product standardisation pilot (wood flooring) project. China’s fibreboard exports to Mexico, Vietnam, US,
Nanxun City took the lead in Zhejiang Province in Canada, Algeria and Australia increased at different rates in

formulating and releasing the "Green Production of Wood the first quarter of 2024. But fibreboard exports to Nigeria,
Industry Technical Specification for Raw Material Source UAE and Russia fell.
Replacement and Waste Gas Treatment with Low Volatile
Organic Compounds Content" Standard guiding enterprises to Decline in fibreboard imports from Thailand
speed up the development of green and high-quality products. China’s fibreboard imports from Thailand dropped 39 percent
to 1,300 tonnes and imports from Indonesia fell eight percent
Thailand largest supplier of particleboard imports in the first quarter of 2024.
According to China Customs in the first quarter of 2024
China’s particleboard imports from Thailand amounted to

54,000 tonnes valued at US$13 million, up 59 percent in getarchive.net
volume and 45 percent in value over the same period of
2023 making Thailand the top shipper to China.
China’s total particleboard imports were 155,000 tonnes
valued at US$60 million in the first quarter of 2024, up 36
percent in volume and 13 percent over the same period of
2023.

China’s particleboard imports from Brazil, the second
largest supplier, rose 56 percent to 32,000 tonnes in the